We Work The Black Seam Chords by Sting

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_ _ _ _ _ _ This place has changed for good Your _ [G] _ [A] economic [D] theory [Am] said it _ would _ _ _ _
[Dm] It's _ _ _ _ _ [Am] hard for us to understand We can't give up our [Em] jobs the way [Am]
we should _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Our blood has stained the coal _
_ [G] [D] Tunneled [Am] deep inside the _ nation's soul
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matter how far they pound and pence [C]
Your _ economic [Bm] theory makes no [Am] _ sense _ _ _ _ _
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One day in a [C] _ near age [Dm] They may [C] understand our rage
[F] Build machines that [C] they can't control And [Dm] bury the waste in a [C] great big hole
[F] House do become [C] cheap and clean [Dm] Grimy faces [Am] one never seen
[F] Deadly for 12 [C],000 years This [Dm] _ government's _ faulty
[Am] We work the black sea together _
[C] _ We [Em] _ _ _ _ _
work the [Am] black sea together _
_ The _ _ _ _ sea lies underground _ Three [Em] million years of pressure [Am] packed it down _ _ _ _ _
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You walk through ancient forest lands That lie a thousand [Em] feet _ _
[Am] apart
_ _ Your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
dark [Em] subtronic [A] _ mills [C] Have made redundant all [Em] our mining [Am] skills
_ You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
can't exchange a [D] six-inch band [C] For all the poison [Bm] streams
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[F] One day _ [C] _ _ in a near age They [Dm] may [Em] understand our rage
[F] Build machines that [C] they can't control And bury the waste in a great big hole
[F] House do [C] become cheap and clean [Dm] Grimy faces [C] one never seen
[F] Deadly for 12 [C],000 years This _ [Dm] government's faulty
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We work the black sea together _
[C] _ We [Em] _ _ _ _ _
work the [Am] black sea _ _ _ together _ _ _ _ _
We should the children of _ [C] the turning world We'll [Em] sing [Am] their songs to _ sleep _ _ _ _
You _ _ _ _ _ _ _ have sunk within our dreams [C] The universe [Am] will [Em] suck [Am] the into our knees _ _ _ _ _
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[F] One day [C] _ _ in a near age They [Dm] may [C] understand our rage
[F] Build machines that [C] they can't control And [Dm] bury the waste in a [C] great big hole
[F] House do become [C] cheap and clean [Dm] Grimy faces [Am] one never seen
[F] Deadly for 12 [C],000 years This _ [Dm] government's faulty _ _
[Am] We work the black sea together _ _ We _ _ _ _ _ work the black sea _ _ _
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We work the black sea _ _ _
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